Inari Sámi Folklore

Tim Frandy is an assistant professor in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at Western Kentucky University. A member of the Sámi American community, he has been active in Indigenous cultural revitalization movements in North America and Scandinavia.

Frandy has made visible a goldmine of folklore that has been invisible to outsiders, and he introduces it in a deeply informed, nuanced context."" - Krister Stoor, Umeå University""A glimpse of a wide range of oral genres from a little-known Sámi group during the nineteenth century that will fascinate people interested in the folklore of the Sámi, Scandinavian studies, and the study of Indigenous communities."" - John Lindow, University of California, Berkeley

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionStoryteller BiographiesGlossary of Frequently Used Sámi TermsIndex of Significant Place-Names1 SongsJoik SongsCradle SongBear SongReindeer SongRaven SongThe Tawny OwlWhitefish LivđeTroutThe Old ManHæænda-Maati JoikTaavvad-Piera JoikListrömAila-JussaRistnȧȧ-PiätȧrEerki-PieraOther SongsStuorravuona (Isovuono) Market SongThe Girl’s SongThis and ThatVäinämöinen’s NephewI SawDaughter and Mother SongThe Fiancée’s Beauty2 Animal TalesThe Fox’s TaleThe Fox’s Tale, Version 2The Fox and the FishermanThe Story of the Fox’s BlindnessThe Man and the BearThe Bear and Fox’s Wild Reindeer HuntThe Mouse and the CatThe Raven and the FoxThe Horse and the WolfThe Fox and the HareThe Wagtail and the DipperThe Story of the Moose and the Bear3 Fairy TalesThe Poor Boy and the King’s DaughterThe Great Lord’s Son-in-Law The Boy and the Golden BirdAcorn FindingEndless DiscontentThe Reindeer Calf’s HoovesMattias the Fearless and the Devil & Mattias the FearlessThe Man Who Lashed His FortuneThe Story of Three Girls4 Short TalesThe Resourceful BoyThe King and the Bank ThiefA MerchantGod’s MiraclesMeniš-Antti’s Life StoryThe Poor Boy’s Wedding Luck5 Humorous Stories and AnecdotesThe Noaidi AxeThe Travels of the ČuđitThe Wife’s StupidityShingle-StickThe Story of the Girl’s Spinning RackThe Girl and Her SuitorThe Fool’s DoorpostsThree Lazy PeopleGood Day—Axe HandleIt Is Truly TrueThe Butter ChurnThe Wild Reindeer Hunters6 Belief LegendsEtiological LegendsAaččan, Who Tarred the Moon The StálluThe Stállu, Version 1The Stállu, Version 2The Stállu, Version 3The Stállu, Version 4The Stállu, Version 5Andras PejviGufihtaratThe Maker of Seven ChurchesGufihtarČahalig—Treasure GuardiansČahaligČahalig, Version 2GiantsA Giant Fights with Small MenTwo GiantsThe SieidiThe Sieidi Root ClusterA Story about Äjjih IslandThe Sieidi of Ij-jävriNoaidi TalesThe Old Man NoaidiSkolt Sámi NoaidditThe Noaidi WifeThe Moose SkiersTwo Jealous PeopleShapeshifting TalesThe Whitefish Daughter-in-LawThe Whitefish Daughter-in-Law, Version 2 The Bear Daughter-in-LawGhost HauntingsSárnoo kurrâ (Speaker’s Gorge)The Haunting of the Old Deceased NoaidiThe Haunting of the Old Deceased Noaidi, Version 2The Pastor and the Sexton7 Historical and Regional LegendsSiggá’s Legend Siggá’s Weeping StraitThe Cannibal Vuolliǯ of Ij-jävriThe Maiden Hannaaǯ’s Decapitation StoryThe Dead ConstableThe Fight of the ConstablesThe Late RaassaǯPiäjȧȧǯFamed Antt-Piättȧr’s Eelliǯ, Fiancé-WaiterShe Who Went to Sleep as a Maiden and Woke as a Wife8 Stories about ČuđitČuđitThe Čuđit on the MoveA Story from the Time of ČuđitThe Boy Who Hunted with a BowThe Boy Who Hunted with a Bow, Version 2The Death of the ČuđitFutile FearThe Disobedient DaughterLaurukȧǯThe Čuđit Fall into a Ravine The Čuđit Drown in the RapidsThe Čuđit Die of HungerThe Čuđit Drown in Lake Aanaar; Hundred Pine IslandHundred Pine Island, Version 2 Laurukȧǯ Kills Čuđit with a Sword9 Peeivih-VuȧlȧppȧǯThe Feats of Peeivih-VuȧlȧppȧǯAbout Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ’s Father, PeeivihPeeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Burns a SieidiPeeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Burns a Sieidi, Version 2The CapstonePeeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ on the Sea ShorePeeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ on the Sea Shore, Version 2 Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ FightingPeeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Fighting, Version 2 Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Hunting Wild Reindeer Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ’s Race with a Draught Reindeer10 Stories about the SkoltsScaring the Skolt WifeScaring the Skolt Wife, Version 2Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 3Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 4Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 5Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 6Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 7Kȧȧššȧ11 Hunting StoriesThe Late Haannuǯ’s Bear and Wild Reindeer HuntA Draught Reindeer as a Wild ReindeerThe Bear HunterThe Soddy Root Ball as a BearMeniš-Antti’s Bear Hunting StoriesA Bear StoryThe Bear HuntersThe Girls and the BearThe Bear and the WomenThe Squirrel HuntersThe Wild Reindeer SkiersThe Moose HuntersIrjȧn-Ȧnnȧ ja Antti on a Fishing Excursion to Lággujävri (Lankojärvi)The Ermine Hunters12 Personal Experience NarrativesThe Life of One Aanaar SámiAn Aanaar Marriage and Life StorySome MisfortuneThe Old Man of Soađigil’s (Sodankylä) Forest MemoriesThe Autumnal Wild-Reindeer Hunt in AanaarVuȧvnum (Vuongunta), or Hunting Wild-Reindeer in the Spring Juoŋâstim (Juomustus) and Netting Under the Ice 13 Proverbs and Figures of SpeechProverbsSayings and Expressions14 Riddles15 Omens and SignsAppendix ANorth Sámi JoiksJuhan Vesta’s JoikMeniš-IrjanMihkkus-Āslak Let us Leave Pulju Ninka-Ūla Kāre Pike Burbot Perch StoriesThe Lazy OneSkolt Sámi Story LettersAppendix BIntroduction to the 1978 Edition by Lea LaitinenIntroduction to the 1917 Edition by August V. Koskimies NotesBibliographyIndex